Riverview High School
School Advisory
Council Special Meeting
October 10, 2002
Present: Ned Ashton, Pat Bliss, Tracy Brady, Demetrus Dawkins, Chuck Evans, Judi Ex, Paul Gallaher, Christine Glass, Mary Gorman, Lisa Hlohinec, Sue Hlohinec, Judy Lyon, Jason Mocherman, Becky Moyer, Linda Nook, Janice Piedra, Charmaine Pontlitz, Dusty Twining, Katrina Ward, Russell White, Peggy Wiggins, and Laticia Williams
Absent: Mary Byrd (excused), Abby Gerrity (excused), Clay Kearney (excused), Simon Kirby (excused), Shannon Lyons (excused) Coral Pleas (excused), April Roberson, Sam Sharff (excused) and Fred Spence
Guests: John Gorman, Dimitrije Zdravkovich and Robert Marvin
The meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m. by Mr. Chuck Evans
Mr. Evans discussed the guidelines for the special meeting and they were as follows:
Only one member of the committee will speak at a time.
Please wait for your designated turn to speak on the agenda item that is on the floor.
Please listen to all other opinion that are presented (whether you agree with them or not) as an ally.
Please adhere to the established time limits for each discussion.
Please begin your discussion with, “I support the ___ proposal for the following reason(s):_____
Please make your comments positive and constructive, and do not criticize other individuals because they may have an opinion that differs from you.
Please remember that we must reach a consensus on all of the agenda items. This means that COMPROMISE will likely be necessary on the issues we will discuss.
Please respect Chairman’s decision to call for a final consensus in the event that a time limit has expired on an agenda item.
Proposals for School & Staff Dollar Allocation
School Staff Other
10% 90%
20% 80%
0% 100%
20% 70% 10%
Discussion of Proposals for School & Staff Dollar Allocation
Ms. Christine Glass stated in her proposal that the Florida School Recognition Program is designed to provide performance-based incentives to highly successful schools, and that finding this practice commonplace in the private sector, the State has adopted this strategy to reward those responsible and provide for reinvestment in the school to encourage future gains. Mrs. Glass continues that she has discussed the staff’s proposal to distribute 100% of the A+ dollars in the form of bonuses with a number of parents in the community and found an overwhelming lack of support for the idea. Ms. Glass submitted the following proposal:
10% ($24, 524) to directly benefit students and parents in a manner to be determined by a committee of interested students, parents, and staff. Suggestions include: (1) funding a series of in-depth workshops for students and their families over the next 3-5 semesters to supplement existing career exploration, job preparation, and college counseling services and to support the current curriculum and (2) improvements alleviate school safety issues (i.e., traffic control lighting).
20% ($49,048) for technology and/or instructional materials to be reinvested in academic programs in a manner to be determined by school instructional staff and administrators.
70% ($171,672) for staff bonuses in a manner to be determined by staff.
In her proposal, Ms. Glass notes that although the proposal allocates fewer dollars to staff bonuses than last year, a rate of 90% for 2001 and 70% this year would result in an average yearly allocation to bonuses of 80%. In addition, combining the 20% allocation to academic programs and 70% to bonuses would result in a 90% allocation to staff of the current year’s award.
Ms. Pat Bliss states that she supports the 100% - 0% (in favor of staff) and felt that children of involved parents tend to perform better academically and wanted to know what parents were polled by Ms. Glass.
Ms. Tracy Brady also supports the 100% - 0% (in favor of staff), explaining that a lot of students are bussed into Riverview for various reasons, and that there are some kids who probably would attend classes had it not been for the intervention from support staff, counselors, campus security, etc.
Ms. Lisa Hlohinec stated that she would support a 90/10 to staff and music department respectively.
Ms. Nook noted that one music teacher had requested that his bonus be placed in an account to purchase music equipment.
Ms. Judy Lyon, Art teacher (not at RHS last year) supports 100/0 in favor of staff. She continued that although teachers are in low paying positions and unselfish, the vast majority of them have expressed interest in sharing the bonuses equally among all staff and faculty, and not teachers receive a percentage more than others.
Mr. Jason Mocherman, stated that if 100/0 (in favor of staff) was approved, the bonus would not put a “dent” in the monies that he’s paid out pocket. He continued that teachers spend a lot of time over and beyond regular school hours because they love their jobs and the students.
Proposals and Discussion for Staff/School Money Allocation
In addition to the above-referenced proposals, Mr. Mocherman proposed a 95/5 to be distributed equally among all staff and the remainder to each department, evenly.
There was discussion and voting on the proposals and the final recommendation was to allocate 95% equally to all staff members from last school term. Those working full time would receive a full share, while the part time staff would receive a half share.
The other 5% of the money ($12,262.20) would be allocated to the media center for the benefit of our students, with Ms. Sutter seeking matching funds from other sources. All classroom teachers would be able to request resource materials that are currently unavailable.
Ms. Glass requested that the record state “she opposes the 95/5 split.”
Ms. Nook announced that “Let Your Voice Be Heard” at the First School and Community Forum for Advocacy, Action and Accountability was scheduled for Monday, October 14, 2002 at Brookside Middle School and on Monday, October 21, 2002 at Taylor Ranch Elementary. She encouraged everyone to attend.
The November 5, 2002 meeting was canceled and the January 2003 meeting was changed from the 7th to the 14th.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:30 p.m.
*The next meeting will be on Tuesday, December 3, 2002
Respectfully Submitted by:
Demetrus Dawkins